81. Surah At-Takwir

Reciters: Mishary Alafasy ● Aziz Alili ● Al-Hussayni Al-'Azazy ● Abdul Basit ● Saad Ghamdi ● Salah Al-Hashim ● Mahmoud Al-Husary ● Muhammad Jibreel ● Abdullah Juhany ● Abdul Hadi Kanakeri ● Muhammad Al-Minshawi ● Maher Al-Muayqili ● Abu Bakr Al-Shatri ● Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais ● Wadee Hammadi Al-Yamani

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Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Izash shamsu kuwwirat
Wa izan nujoomun kadarat
Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat
Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat
Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat
Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat
Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat
Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat
Bi ayyi zambin qutilat
Wa izas suhufu nushirat
Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat
Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat
Wa izal jannatu uzlifat
'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat
Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas
Al jawaaril kunnas
Wallaili izaa 'as'as
Wassubhi izaa tanaffas
Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem
Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen
Mutaa'in samma ameen
Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon
Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen
Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen
Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem
Fa ayna tazhaboon
In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen
Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem
Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

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Translators: Ahmed Ali ● Amatul Rahman Omar ● Daryabadi ● Faridul Haque ● Hamid S. Aziz ● Maulana Mohammad Ali ● Pickthall ● Sarwar ● Shakir ● Yusuf Ali

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what crime she was killed;
When the scrolls are laid open;
When the world on High is unveiled;
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the Garden is brought near;-
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Go straight, or hide;
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
When whither go ye?
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

Translation in other languages

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1. إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
2. وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ
3. وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
4. وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
5. وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
6. وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
7. وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
8. وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
9. بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ
10. وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
11. وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
12. وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
13. وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
14. عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ
15. فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
16. الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
17. وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
18. وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
19. إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
21. مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ
23. وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ
26. فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
27. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
28. لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ
29. وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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Recitation by Mishary Al-Alfasy

Tafseer

It is derived from the word kuwwirat in the first verse. Kuwwirat is passive voice from takvir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the "folding up" has been mentioned:

Period of Revelation
The subject matter and the style clearly show that it is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah.

Theme and Subject Matter
It has two themes: the Hereafter and the institution of Prophethood.

In the first six verses the first stage of the Resurrection has been mentioned when the sun will lose its light, the stars will scatter, the mountains will be uprooted and will disperse, the people will become heedless of their dearest possessions, the beasts of the jungle will be stupefied and will gather together, and the seas will boil up. Then in the next seven verses the second stage has been described when the souls will be reunited with the bodies, the records will be laid open, the people will be called to account for their crimes, the heavens will be unveiled, and Hell and Heaven will be brought into full view. After depicting the Hereafter thus, man has been left to ponder his own self and deeds, saying: "Then each man shall himself know what he has brought with him."

After this the theme of Prophethood has been taken up. In this the people of Makkah have been addressed, as if to say "Whatever Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) is presenting before you, is not the bragging of a madman, nor an evil suggestion inspired by Satan, but the word of a noble, exalted and trustworthy messenger sent by God, whom Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) has seen with his own eyes in the bright horizon of the clear sky in broad day light. Whither then are you going having turned away from this teaching?"